dawn effect

Chapter 125
Of the five fingers on the forelimb of a skeleton, the remaining four fingers have completely degenerated, but the index finger has evolved to be long and thin, shaped like an inwardly curved steel knife with serrated edges, looking like a giant praying mantis.

Most of the rest of the mutants are also like this, some have evolved sharp and slender canine teeth on the upper jaw of the skull; some have evolved long tail vertebrae and needles; some have evolved bone armor on the soft belly.

These mutants are concentrated and scattered around a mutant. That mutant has slender bones, and the skull seems to be fine except that it has evolved large eye sockets, squeezed the size of the nostrils, and the teeth have evolved into small broken cusps. special changes.

But when Tang Ning pulled the skull, he found a piece of glass-like substance behind its head.

This substance immediately caught Tangning's attention. The tentacles of the cerebrum that had caused him a lot of trouble looked alike to this thing.

Tangning could probably guess why this mutant could have so many mutants as its "attendant".

But this also doesn't explain why there are no undead around the mutants.

In such a small place as the Han'an People's Park Exhibition Center, a group of mutants have also developed a phenomenon of "ruling" many undead.

The vanadium and titanium industrial zone in the same period, together with the surrounding Lujia Town serving it, had an overall population of around [-]. Now it looks like a "desert of undead".

Where did so many human beings go after the four-year catastrophe in Datong?

The large factory buildings in the industrial area are all made of metal roofs, surrounded by mines, the shielding effect is strong, and the analysis of Skynet's historical records does not reveal anything.

"Father, father!" Xiaozhi's voice sounded.

"Xiaozhi, did you find anything?"

"There is a piece of Skynet monitoring in Datong for six years. I will send it to my father."

The video was shot by a satellite using standard surveillance programs, and the footage was captured over a wide area, resulting in blurry images.

But after Xiaozhi dealt with it, he could barely see that it was a transport convoy. It drove out from the logistics center of the factory, drove along the mountain road into a place marked on the map as Gulou Mountain in the northeast, and got into a tunnel. The place.

"Xiaozhi, what is that place?"

"It's the Guloushan Mine of Weiyuan Vanadium and Titanium Mining Industry, which is an underground mine."

"In other words, the surviving humans here abandoned this place in the sixth year of Datong and entered the underground mine of Gulou Mountain?"

"From the picture, it looks like this."

"Go, have a look."

"Tangning, if you want to go, bring a signal repeater." Zhang Qiuyi promptly reminded that there was a mine and there was no signal underneath.

"it is good."

The Yindish drone carried out reconnaissance first, and the images sent back showed that the damage to the mountain road was even more serious.

We can only dispatch Pluto fighters again to clean up the plants along the road first.

Judging from the growth of the vegetation, those survivors should never have come out after entering the tunnel.

Fortunately, the road was not long, only a few miles in total. The Pluto warriors overcame all obstacles and arrived at the Gulou Mountain Mine at four o'clock in the afternoon.

The mine is like a piece of dysentery attached to this mountain, which is out of tune with the surrounding dense forest.

Because the field foundation here is paved with low-grade mineral gravel rich in metals, even the plants of the post-Great Contemporaneity are difficult to grow.

There are still a lot of mining machinery, rails, grinding machines, and mineral processing plants on the mine. Although they are rusty and mottled, at least they are not attached to plants.

There are also many engineering transport vehicles that have been abandoned here.

Along the rails, passing several rusted mining train locomotives and the long carriages behind, the Hades warrior finally came to the entrance of the mine passage.

On both sides of the aisle, there are still remnants of red-painted slogans from the same period. On the left is "Stop talking empty words and work hard", and on the right is "It is most honorable to make more contributions."

In the middle of the slogan is a huge culvert, leading to the deep and unknown darkness.

"I'm going to turn on the ultrasound equipment for detection, base, what do you think?"

"Be careful, this place is full of weirdness, let the armored vehicle go to the hole to block it."

No need to say hello, the armored vehicle with the heavy machine gun has already moved and drove to the entrance of the cave.

Tangning took out the ultrasonic detection device from the car, placed it on the front hood of the car, and activated the sonar.

An image reflected by a sound wave scan was displayed on the light curtain of the main control room of Han'an base. The tunnel was divided into three in front, but without exception, it was interrupted at 400 meters.

"It looks like it's blocked," Tangning said, "Xiaozhi, go in and take a look."

"okay!"

The automatic armored vehicle slowly drove into the tunnel, dragging a long optical cable behind it.

The headlights were on, illuminating the dark tunnel very brightly.

There are also countless skeletons on the ground, Haiyun said: "Xiaozhi, take a few high-definition shots of those skeletons, especially the spine."

After a while, Hai Yun's voice sounded again, "Tangning, these are the remains of undead people. The spinal joints are severely deformed, which is caused by the tendon sheath bulging."

The armored vehicle came to the end of a tunnel, which was a wall sealed with ore and cement.

"Xiaozhi, look at the other two tunnels."

The result is the same.

After the detection was completed, the Pluto warriors entered the tunnel and placed a signal repeater at the end.

With this, Pluto fighters can accept the command of the ecological cabin in the tunnel where the Skynet signal is shielded, without the need for the optical cable dragged behind the armored vehicle.

After removing the ultrasonic detector from the front of the armored car, the Pluto warrior pressed it against the wall at the end of the tunnel, and started it again.

The detection showed that the thickness of the wall was as thick as ten meters.

This thickness is enough to show that the survivors who entered the tunnel back then had no intention of coming out.

"Tangning, get out." Zhang Qiuyi said nervously, "Let's take it one step at a time. We're not in a hurry."

"Wait a minute!" Tang Lujin's voice sounded, "Brother Tangning, the mine tunnel also has its own communication system. This system has obviously stopped working, but you can test the line status."

"If it is intact, it can save a lot of resources for the next exploration."

This suggestion is very reasonable. If the line is intact, the signal repeater can be changed from wireless to wired, and it can also provide permanent power supply.

The control system is in the monitoring building outside the mine, but there is also an inspection box at the door.

After opening the box, Tangning moved the detector to the circuit maintenance module and pressed the detection button.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the line was still very well preserved. Through the loop signal of the detection equipment, it was able to detect the cable of more than 30 kilometers in the underground mine pit!

Although it is only two-thirds, it is undoubtedly very good news.

"Dad, Dad! From the echo just now, it seems that a man-made signal is loaded on the line!"

"what?"

"Xiaozhi!" Zhang Qiuyi immediately said, "Translate!"

"Right now!" Xiaozhi replied.

The translation came out soon.

"We are at... the first... base working face... the fifth section... the sixth pit...rescue... ferocious..."

"What's going on, Xiaozhi?" Tangning asked eagerly, "How can this be incomplete?"

"The signal is incomplete, and the single word information is 250 six digits. I will fill it with zeros and add the header and tail of the message. Among the hundreds of thousands of translations I have obtained, only this information is the most reasonable." Xiaozhi replied.

The lights of Liangzhou City are a dead signal!After everyone was excited, they couldn't help being greatly disappointed.

Zhang Qiuyi said: "This may be the contact information left by the survivors to the outside world. But it seems...it hasn't been revised for many years."

"At the very least, it means that there are servers in the base." Tangning said, "I'm going to the command center. There may be a lot of clues there, and I may be able to access the servers in the tunnel through the wired network."

Wang Aiwen was also very happy: "Boss! This is entirely possible!"

"Wait a minute!" Tang Lujin said, "Don't worry, Brother Tangning, the message contains the word "violent" and the weird situation at the base, should we withdraw first and let's discuss a plan?"

"Father, father! A new piece of information was intercepted just now!"

"Are you sure?" Tangning couldn't help feeling horrified. These tunnels have been closed for 19 years. Could it be that there are still humans living inside? !
There is no need for translation this time. There are only a few simple words on the message: "Outside, outside, yes, who?"

Everyone is stupid.

"Dad, Dad! Do you want to reply?"

"Autumn..." Tangning's state of mind has been greatly improved since she obtained the supernatural power, and she couldn't help being shocked at this moment, just like when she first arrived in Han'an and saw humans.

Zhang Qiuyi's side was obviously not much better, and in the end Uncle Hai coughed softly: "Qiuyi, give it a try?"

Only then did Zhang Qiuyi calm down: "Try Xiaozhi, and reply: I am Tang Ning, the Han'an base of the United Council, and I am currently at the entrance of the main tunnel of the Gulou Mountain Mine. May I ask if you need help?"

"Good sister Qiuyi."

Soon, a new reply was sent: "Don't, open, hole. Hurry up, leave, open. Sun, set, danger, danger."

"Xiaozhi!" Zhang Qiuyi shouted eagerly, "Ask how many of them are there!"

Soon the reply came again, without answering Xiaozhi's question, there was only half a sentence: "Quick, leave, drive. Hurry up..."

"The signal is gone!"

"what?!"

"Maybe there's not enough power inside."

"Depend on!"

"Tangning!" Zhang Qiuyi's voice regained her composure: "It's still an hour before sunset, you take the eco-pod and retreat back to Weiyuan Cement Factory first! Leave the Pluto warriors, automatic armored vehicles, and silver disc drones there, and we will continue monitor."

"Autumn..."

"This is an order."

"Yes! Xiaozhi, transfer the truck back to the cement factory first."

"Good dad!"

When the lone truck returned to the cement factory, Lu Qiao asked, "Boss, have you made a big discovery in the vanadium and titanium mines?"

"Yes! There may be survivors in the tunnel."

Lu Qiao and the others only had tactical helmets, and their understanding of the information was not comprehensive. After hearing the news, they were all taken aback: "What? Then save people quickly!"

"It's not that simple." After talking about what happened, Tangning thought for a while, "No, let's withdraw first!"

"withdraw?"

"Retreat to Han'an first, or come back tomorrow." Tangning made a decisive decision, "Through today's reconnaissance, I found that this place is really weird. Leave the drone and Pluto fighters to continue. Let's retreat first, safety first!"

(End of this chapter)